Observability¶

MCP Gateway includes production-grade OpenTelemetry instrumentation for distributed tracing, enabling you to monitor performance, debug issues, and understand request flows.

Documentation¶

• Observability Overview - Complete guide to configuring and using observability
• Phoenix Integration - AI/LLM-focused observability with Arize Phoenix

Quick Start¶

# Enable observability (enabled by default)
export OTEL_ENABLE_OBSERVABILITY=true
export OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER=otlp
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:4317

# Start Phoenix for AI/LLM observability
docker run -p 6006:6006 -p 4317:4317 arizephoenix/phoenix:latest

# Run MCP Gateway
mcpgateway

View traces at http://localhost:6006